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Instant Poll: Help The Gallimore Family Decide

I want to plant strawberry plants in the front beds.  My reasoning is that we have never have used the beds, the cedar bark looks OK, but it is dead and boring.  I could have a living mulch that gives … Continue reading

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Strawberry Jam

Sprouts is selling strawberries for $0.97/pound right now. This is what $6 of strawberries + $5 of sugar + $3 of pectin, and several hours of my time yielded tonight. 12 half-pint jars and 3 3/4-pint jars. It took me … Continue reading

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Garden Update: May 15, 2010

I took advantage of a coupon I had for North Haven Gardens.  I paid $10 for $30 of stuff.  Pretty good deal!  They have a great selection of vegetables and herbs, and their plant prices are actually not too bad. … Continue reading

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Garden Update: April 13, 2010

Lots of activity in the garden right now. Cucumbers, beans, cowpeas, sunflower, corn, and watermelon are all coming up from seed. I ate my first snack of sugar snap peas, they were very tasty. Most of the strawberries I planted … Continue reading

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Garden Update – June 21, 2009

The grapes are near ready. The birds love them, and are making a huge mess out of our deck. I have dreams of a giant bird screen.

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Garden Pictures – June 7

Amber sent me these pics last night. Some of my tomato plants are diseased. I’m not sure what it is yet, need to look it up.

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Garden Update May 26, 2009

I took some pictures of my plants this evening. My tomato plants are getting tall. We have been pretty good at keeping the sucker vines pinched off.

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My First Red Strawberries

Suggestions? Bird netting? Mirrors? Snakes? Red balls?

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Garden Update April 12, 2009

I made a huge salad from the radishes, leaf lettuce, and a little bit of Swiss chard and baby spinach.

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Garden Update – March 28, 2009

Amber has been doing the daily maintenance on the garden since I’m out of town. The corn is starting to pop up out of the dirt.

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